L'oreal Sack Transgender Model

[mushroom25]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/41127404/loreal-sacks-first-transgender-model-munroe-bergdorf - described by the industry as "the modern face of diversity" - By sacking her, haven't L'Oreal just proved her point?

[Togo]

Just ask the right question Atalana....Animal, Vegetable or Miserable?

[Deskdiary]

Quite atalanta.

For reasons I will never understand though, if your 6'4" hairy arsed bloke was 'self-identifying' as a woman because of 'gender fluidity', we're meant to respect it and take it seriously.

And I just can't.

[DTCwordfan]

there goes Jim 360's future career......

[237SJ]

She (or He if you so wish) is not an "It"

[Mamyalynne]

Exactly 237, I was wondering if anyone else found it unpleasant.

[jim360]

I guess I'll just have to take up modelling and racism, DTC :P

Also, exactly how many people have ever seen or heard of a 6'4" hairy-arsed man actually doing that? Or is it just an invention to, you know, try to pretend that there's some sort of slippery slope to avoid here?

I mean, sure, if we start respecting people's rights to self-identification now, maybe we may end up always doing that. The horror!

[237SJ]

^Acceptable to who?

[douglas9401]

People who use 'whom'?

[237SJ]

Who's removing all of the answers? I haven't seen anything that is really offensive.

[DTCwordfan]

Neither have I, that was a jim response and it was fine.

[DTCwordfan]

sorry one off..!

[Deskdiary]

I'm sure you realise the 6'4" hairy arsed bloke is an exaggeration to make a point.

Trouble is, when people scoff at people's rights to "self-identification", people are incorrectly labelled as being whatever 'ist' or 'obe' happens to be flavour of the month (I appreciate you haven't done that - but many do).

[Mamyalynne]

No, I didn't see 'offensive' - distasteful and predictable maybe.

[Baldric]

It appears one is not allowed an opinion on here tonight, so, Goodnight.

[237SJ]

Agreed. Night Baldric

[Mamyalynne]

Certain things should be left on show, agreed.


Night.

[atalanta]

You might well imagine that a man who has bashed his wife might want to bash her again for running away. In such a case, if he turns up at her refuge claiming to be a woman, the managers of the refuge must have the right to doubt his claim, and turn him away.

[pastafreak]

I may be missing something...but why compare this transgender woman to a 6'4" bloke ( hairy arsed or not )... they are not the same.
She's taken the drugs and had the surgery...or at least a boob job...she is living as a woman.